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Holy Island Sheet 12-2 Trace 1

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Shell Road	Shell Road	Mr R Stamp, Schoolmaster	on sheets	The narrow part of The Snook about 1/4th of a
	Shell Road	Mr R Wilson, Harbourmaster	12.1 &	mile west of the Limeworks, about 15 chains long,
	Shell Road	Mr W Smith, Fisherman	12.2	and 5 chains broad, through which the sea at one time
				had broke, and composed of sand, shingle and
				bents, is called "Shell Road" from the quantity
				of small shells found in the shingle, and it
				connecting the east and west portions of The Snook.

Sand Ridge	Sand Ridge	Mr R Stamp	on sheets	A ridge of sand extending by a line N.W.
	Sand Ridge	Mr R Wilson	7.12	from "Snook Pt" to "Swinney Gut" and along
	Sand Ridge	Mr W Smith	7.16	the gut to low water mark, from which point
			8.9	to the rocks about 2 1/2 miles S E opposite two
			8.13	fishing shiels, it applies to all sand between
			8.14	L.W.M. and The Snook. At one period the
			12.1 &	sands here rose about a dozen feet higher
			12.2	than the surrounding sands and were barely covered
				at high water, owing howver to the quickening tides
				it is now less remarkable and little higher than
				the neighbouring sands west of the Gut.

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Transcribed by CC and SMH